Is Mexico paying for it ?
The relations between Russia and Israel are decent enough and both the countries have sizable mutual trade.
Russiaâs not in a position to play peacemaker but considering how much money Russian oligarchs (Roman mainly) have parked in Israel, they do have some influence over the Israeli govt. I donât think itâs enough. The best possible case is that Israeli intelligence wonât do a strike on them (which might have been on the cards had the meeting been held in Jordan/Egypt) because they wouldnât want to piss off a nation whoâs noted for their espionage (and the fact that 18% of Israelis have Russian roots)
At this point of time , thereâs no national entity (Arab / European / American) which can claim to represent the best interests of Palestinians. I donât see any other country fronting up though.
Youâre right that countries like Russia and China can get involved in this conflict. However , atleast as far as Russia is concerned , itâs not an enemy of Israel.
This is from Doctors Without Borders/MSF, not the Hamas
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Fortunately, MSF can openly speak about the horror of this situation without being suspected of antisemitism, although I wouldnât be surprised if the Israeli regime tries to put that tag on them as well.
Anyone involved who remains silent about this tragedy is now effectively complicit to the ongoing carnage, so well done MSF.
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From the Guardian. Iâm trying to find the source material.
Even if the fighting in Gaza stopped now, about 8,000 more people could still die there over the next six months due to the public health crisis caused by the Israel-Hamas war, according to a report by independent researchers in the US and Britain.
This is the best bit
In a worst-case scenario, where the fighting escalates and there are significant disease outbreaks, roughly 85,570 people may die by early August, with 68,650 deaths related to traumatic injuries, the report says.
and at the same time:
See? In my book, this carnage is as much the US governmentâs as Israel governmentâs fault, and they should be held accountable in front of the world for their inhumanity, as much as Israelâs government.
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US keeps acting like a patronizing parent and then wonders why Israel acts like a spoiled brat.
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Thereâs the entire UNSC to blame too. World peace to be maintained by countries who are most responsible for war crimes and crimes on humanity over the last 100 years. Ineffectual puppet organization lead by a cabal of self serving nations at the top.
In a less twisted and unjust world, Israel would be facing the same and worse sanctions as Russia. That said, much like Russia, I doubt that it would have made much of a difference. US stance is reprehensible and despicable but at the end of the day, it seems that the only thing able to stop Netanyahu and his cronies is internal pressure.
Which presently is far from sufficient.
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Not just that, but where other countries like Belarus are facing sanctions for their support of Russia, should countries like the US and UK be facing similar sanctions for their support of Israel?
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Should George Bush Jr and Tony Blair be judged as war criminals ?
There are different yardsticks when it comes to judging US actions.
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Bush, definitely yes.
Blair possibly, or was he more guilty of being a dumbass that didnât have enough braincells to think for himself? - And if that is the case, is that truely a war crime?
At this point, after what Israel has done? Absolutely.
Ironically, Belarus is somewhat justified in as much as its own dictator is Putinâs lap dog. The US and the UK have zero excuses.
But would there not a be case for the US/UK being Israelâs lapdog?
A case could be made, yes. Entirely their own doing too.
I donât think Blair can be termed as a dumb person. Heâs chosen to go along with the US establishment there knowingly.
What global sanctions is Russia facing? Many of the countries pounding on the table for the UN to do something about Gaza have blocked any discussion of UN sanctions
Quite a lot of Russian funds have been frozen. As well as funds belonging to Russian oligarchs aka Putin associates.
Itâs another thing that the sanctions do not seem to have upset Russia too much in any sort of way. Sanctions against bigger countries often donât. Russia is self sufficient in terms of most of the resources that matter. For everything else , there are countries like China , India (big economies in their own right) who continue to deal with them. They donât seem to have any problems getting Oil and Gas brought off too by the European countries even if it means they are brought after being refined in India.
The same applies to Israel. Despite its economic ills of late , Israel is a massive R&D and arms manufacturing hub , Sanctions wonât matter.
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None of those sanctions are global. The US, UK, EU, etc have frozen funds, but the UN has done basically nothing. But many of the countries that are decrying the US support for Israel have been perfectly content to block discussion of global sanctions at the UN for two years while Russia has been mauling Ukraine - including some of the same class of war crimes such as deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure.
In both cases, genuinely global sanctions would matter a great deal more than what has happened.
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Goes back to what Iâve said about UN being an ineffectual organization with the heads (UNSC) being a cabal of war mongering countries each looking out for their own self interest.
The permanent membership of the security council or atleast the power of the veto needs to be diluted for UN to have any relevance.